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All Progressive Congress Senator, Isa Misau has taken a swipe at President Buhari for appointing incompetent people. He said that over 50 percent of the people appointed by the government are incompetent and that is why the country is not moving forward.

In a monitored report, the Bauchi Senator said that most appointments were shrouded in secrecy and favouritism. He told the Premium times that on the recent appointment of the substantive head of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), the government failed to base its selection on merit, that Ahmed Abubakar that was appointed the Director General of the agency allegedly failed examinations preceding his appointment.Continue reading

Musicians in Rivers State celebrate the highlife music legend JIM-REX LAWSON.

Popular Nigerian musician, Duncan Mighty entertaining the crowd.

Yesterday was exactly 49 years since the music legend Rex Lawson passed on. JIM-REX LAWSON was remembered by PMAN Rivers State Chapter under the eminent leadership of Abiye Ephraim

The Chairman of Performing Musician Employers Association of Nigeria, (PMAN) ABIYE ABAM when speaking to Journalists called on government to support musicians adding that music can develop the state economically. Continue reading

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has assured the people of Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area (ONELGA) that the State Government will continue to build the security infrastructure in the area to enforce peace.

He stated that the younger brother of slain cultist, Don Wanny, Mr Oluchi Igwedibia will soon be tracked down alongside other fleeing members of the Don Wanny clan for the greater peace of ONELGA .

Governor Wike spoke on Tuesday during a security meeting at the ONELGA Council Secretariat Pavilion. The governor was accompanied by service commanders.

Governor Wike revealed that Rivers APC leaders have approached the 32 cultists declared wanted, asking them to join their political platform ahead of the electioneering period.

Governor Wike

He stated that his administration will not be deterred by the political antics of Rivers APC, saying that the deadly cultists will be traced and brought to justice. Continue reading

The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA , says over 85 percent of Libya returnees are from South South region of Nigeria.

Zonal Coordinator, South South Zone, EJIKE MARTINS disclosed this in an interview with correspondent FAUSTINA NWANEKWU during the reception of the third batch of 560 irregular Nigerian migrants at the Port Harcourt international airport.

Ejike also disclosed that this influenced the decision by the federal government to have them received at the Port Harcourt airport because of its proximity to the states with highest number of returnees in the South South region. Continue reading

The senator representing Rivers South-East senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, has decried the flight of private investors and investments from Rivers State.

Abe, who disclosed this while speaking on a phone-in radio programme on Info 92.3FM,Port Harcourt, said the flight of private investors may not be unconnected with the lack of factors that make business profitable and comfortable in any given environment.

The senator said, “I have said severally that private investment, which is the key to actual economic development of any society, is not flowing into Rivers State.

“On the contrary, it appears to be flowing out of the state, possibly because of factors that make business profitable and comfortable in any given environment.” Continue reading

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has called on Nigerians to always pray for ex-servicemen and serving military personnel for God’s protection and blessing as they make sacrifices for the unity of the nation.

Speaking during the Inter-denominational service to mark this year’s Armed Forces Remembrance Day at the St Peter’s Anglican Church, Rumuepirikom , Governor Wike said that ex-servicemen, serving military personnel and the widows of ex-servicemen deserve better treatment from the country. Continue reading

The debate about Nigeria if it is a SHITHOLE or not is not an issue of patriotism, but one of reality. President Donald Trump once said in a meeting at the White House that Nigerians live in huts and when they come to America on visiting visa, they do not want to return home. In a recent swipe on the continent of Africa, he referred to countries in Africa as shitholes.

The banter if Nigeria is a SHITHOLE has been back and forth. The African Union representative to the United Nations said that President Trump should apologize anyway for his uncomplimentary remarks. It is not new to hear Trump speak in such an un-Presidential manner.

Let come to terms with the word SHITHOLE. What makes a place a SHITHOLE? First and foremost, a shithole is a place that is primitive and mundane, lacking no creativity, initiative or sense, where there is outright depravity, poverty and injustice pervading the entire environment.

In a recent interview with the Vanguard, the General Overseer, Believers Assembly of Nigeria, Prelate Isaiah Issong said that the 2017 Christian pilgrimage contingent were seen as a security threat in the holy land. According to Issong, they were embarrassed and humiliated by the comments of the tour guides, having been addressed as Boko Haram and Militants. “We were branded heartless and dubious criminal suspect.”Continue reading

Pan Yoruba groups under the auspices of the Odua Nationalist Movement (ONAC) has rejected plans by the federal government to establish cattle colonies for Fulani herdsmen in the South West.

According to the Leadership newspapers, the group deputy Chairman, Mr. Olalekan said the Cattle colonies were an invitation to anarchy. He said that the rearing of cattle is a private business and wondered why government was protecting individual initiatives that undermine the peaceful coexistence of Nigerians. Olalekan stated that the activities of the Fulani herdsmen threaten the survival of others in the country.

“They destroy biodiversity, burn trees, forests, natural stream and estuaries apart from encouraging the migration of fellow Fulanis in large numbers from other countries other than Nigeria.”Continue reading

BAD ECONOMY DROVE US OUT OF NIGERIA, LIBYAN RETURNEES LAMENT. Most of the Libyan returnees evacuated by the federal government recently said that unemployment and tough economy drove them to seek greener pastures in war torn Libya.

Some of the migrants who narrated their ordeal to Correspondent ELFREDAH KEVIN, claimed hunger and lack of good life influenced their decision to embark on the illegal journey.

Speaking further, they expressed regrets over their decision which they said have cost them a part of their life.

They appealed to their various state governments to assist them by reintegrating them back into the society.

Our correspondent reports that the second batch of the returnees have been evacuated except returnees from Yobe, Kano, Delta and Bayelsa. A total of 937 irregular migrants including infants have been evacuated from Libya to Nigeria through the Port Harcourt International Airport in the recent evacuation exercise. Continue reading